Blanche Henrietta Johnes Shelley | |
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Born | 15 December 1835 Upper Brook Street |
Died | 12 April 1898 (aged 62) |
Occupation | Photographer, writer |
Spouse(s) | Hervey Charles Pechell |
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Blanche Henrietta Johnes Shelley Pechell (15 December 1835 – 12 April 1898) was a British photographer and writer.
Blanche Henrietta Johnes Shelley was the daughter of Sir John Villiers Shelley, 7th Baronet and Louisa Elizabeth Anne Knight.[1] She was a distant relative of photographic pioneer Henry Fox Talbot and her family became involved in early experiments with photography. Her only surviving photograph, Ferns and Daffodil, dates from 1854.[2]
She married genealogist Hervey Charles Pechell in 1874.[1]
In 1876, she published a children's story called Fernseed; or, The Woodland Fairy.[2]
She inherited Maresfield Park from her father, and Hervey Pechell, who died a year after her, bequeathed it to Count Alexander Münster.[3]